Car-fender.



No. 897,708. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908.

M. BOGUSHEFSKY.

CAR FENDER.

APPLIOATIOI FILED APR. 18, 1908.

I N VE N TOR Moses Bowsfzefbky 4170mm rs MOSES BOGUSHEFSKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAR-FENDER. Y

Application filed April 18, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Mosns Boeusmarsnr, a subject of the Czar of Russia, and a resi dent of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Car-Fender, of which. the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to car fenders such as carried by street railway cars or trolley cars in order to prevent accidents.

The object of the invention is to produce a fender of simple construction, having improved. means for tin-owing the body into its cradle or basket.

More specifically, the invention contemnlates a construction com' )rising a transverse ar or yoke normally hel in an elevated position above the cradle at or near the ground line, and just before the cradle a movable part is provided which operates automatically to depress the yoke or bar and draw the same toward the cradle in such a way as to throw the body standing before the cradle rearwardly so that it will fall into the cradle.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. Figure 1 is a perspective showing a portion of the forward end of a car to which my fender is applied; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional side elevation, showing the device in its normal position and ready to be operated by a body which is struck by the fender; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the fender in its closed or operating position; Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing certain parts removed and broken away, and showing other parts in cross section so as to further illustrate the construction of the device; Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the framing of the fender at one side, the upper parts of the framing being broken away; and Fig. 6 is a cross section on the line 66 of Fig. 2, and illustrating the means for guidin the operatin member on the frame of the ender.

teferring more particularly to the parts, 1 re resents the forward bumper of the car'to w 'ich the fender 2 is attached. The fender comprises side lates or knees 3 having elongated vertical egs 4 which are attached by Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1, 1908.

Serial No. 427,779.

means of angle plates 5 to the bumper 1, as indicated. These knees 3 are held securely in position by side braces (i which extend down from the body of the car and are secured in lugs 7 on the outer sides of the knees as shown. These knees atll'ord. means for sup )orti1'1g the cradle or basket 8 the body of which is formed of netting or similar material, and this netting is supported on a frame 9. This frame has a vertical extension presenting oppositely disposed parallel side bars connected by a horizontal bar, and this vertical extension is formed integrally with a horizontal extension. 10 which. is formed by bending the lower end. of the vertical extention forwardly. This horizontal extension of the frame of the cradle lies near the bed of the track, as illustrated. The cradle frame 9 is attached. to the knees 3, and in addition to this it is provided on its rear side with brackets 11 which are attached to the under side of the forward. bumper 1., as indicated in Fig. 2.

Disposed forwardly of the horizontal extension 10 of the cradle, I provide a trip bar 12, which extends transversely of the track and is formed with parallel side arms 13 as shown. On their under sides these side arms 13 are provided with T-shaped tongues 14, and these tongues 14 slide longitudinally in guides 15 formed on the upper sides of the side bars of the horizontal extension 10. Just beyond these guides 15 the arms 13 have long reduced necks 16, and these necks pass through guide clips 17 which are attached to the lower part of the vertical extension of the cradle frame, as indicated most clearly in Fig. l. Beyond these guide clips 17 the necks 16 are provided. with outwardly projecting pins 18, and these pins pass through slots 19 which are formed in the short arms of the levers 20 which are pivoted at 21 to the sides of the cradle frame. Between the guide clips 17 and the enlarged portion of the arms 13, helical springs 22 are provided, which tend to hold the trip frame in a forwardly extendedposition, as will be readily understood. The upper ends of the levers 20 are formed into guides or sheaths 23, and the upper portions of these sheaths are connect ed by a brace or cross bar 24.

Mounted to slide longitudinally in the sheaths 23 I provide slide bars 25, and the upper ends of these slide bars project beyond the sheaths and incline upwardly as indi.

cated. Their extremities are connected by a yoke or cross bar 26 which is covered with rubber or similar material, which will prevent it from injuring the body which. it strikes. The lower ends of the slide bars 25 project from the lower ends of the sheaths 25, as shown, and are 'pivotally attached. to rocker plates 27. 'lhese rocker plates are crescent shaped as shown, and. are pivotally attached. at 28 to the sides of the horizontal extension of the cradle frame. 'lhcy project forwardly from their pivot points as shown, and are provkled. with inclined slots 29. 'lhese slots receive pins 30 which project outwardly from the sides of the arms [3, indicated. most clearly in. Figs. 2 and. 3.

The operation of the fender will now be described; A body standing on. the track strikes the trip bar 12, which normally occupies the advanced. position shown in. Fig. 2, at which. time the yoke '26 is supposed. to be held at a high elevation. \Vhen the trip bar 1.2 is struck it slides rcarwardly on the cradle frame and. rocks the upper ends of the lovers 20 forwardly. This depresses the yoke 26; at the same time the pins 30 operate through. the medium of the slots 29, to rock the rocker plates 27 so that their rear ends are de- ')resscd. In this way the slide bars 25 are slid. inwardly in the sheaths 23. In this way the yoke 26 not only moves downwardly but it moves inwardly toward. the cradle. In this way it operates to strike the upper part of the body so as to force the body rearwardly and into the cradle.

Having thus (.lescribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a car fender, in combination, a cradle adapted to catch a body, a movable trip bar projecting forwardly and adapted to be struck by a body on the track, a yoke normally held in an elevated position, and. means actuated by said trip bar for moving said. yoke downwardly and rearwardly toward said cradle.

2. In a car fender, in combination, a cradle ada ted to catch a body, a trip bar projecting before said cradle, means for guiding said trip bar to slide in a front and rear direction, levers mounted at the sides of said cradle and projecting upwardly and forwardly, a yoke connecting said levers and normally disposed in an elevated position, and a con nection between said levers and said trip bar for depressing said yoke wl'ien said. trip bar is struck.

3. In a car fender, in combination, a cradle adapted to catch a bod a trip bar guided to slide on said cradle, levers pivotally mounted at the sides of said cradle and constituting guides, slide bars 'uided on said levers and projecting upwardly and forwardly, a yoke connecting said slide bars and normally disposed in an elevated. position, means actuated by said trip bar for rocking said levers, and means actuated. by said. trip bar for sliding said slide bars upon saidv levers.

4-. In a carifemler, in combination, a cradle adapted to catch a body, a trip bar r'oject ing forwardly therefrom. and guided. on said. cradle, levers pivotally mounted on. the sides of said. cradle and. projecting upwardly and forwardly therefrom, means for connecting said. trip bar with said levers for rotating the same, slide bars guided onv said. levers, rocker plates pivotally connected. with. said slide bars andv pivotally mounted. onsaid cradle, means connecting said. trip bar with said rocker plates for sliding said slide bars, and a yoke connecting the u 'r 'ier ends of said slide bars and moving downwardly and. rearwardly when said trip bar is struck.

5. in a car fender, in combination,a cradle, a trip bar mounted to slide rearwardly on said. cradle and. projecting before the same, levers pivotally mounted on the sides of said cradle and projecting Il]' Wt1(ll Y and forwardly thcrcfrmn, a )inand-slot connection between said trip bar and said levers for actuating .raid levers, slide bars slidably mounted on said. levers and. projecting u 'iwardly and forwardly, a yoke comiecting said slide bars, rocker plates comieetcd. with said slide bars to move the same on said. levers, said rocker plates being mounted on said cradle, and a pin-an 'l.-slot connection between said rocker plates and said. trip bar for actuating said. yoke.

6. In ear fei'ider, in con'ibination, a cradle, a trip bar mounted to slide rearwardly on said. cradle and 'n'ojccting before the same, levers 'iivotally mounted on the sides of said cradle and 'n.'(.)jecting upwardly and forwardly therefrom, ,a pin and-slot connection between said trip bar and said levers for actuating said levers, slide bars slidably mounted on said. levers and projecting upwardly and forwardly, a yoke connecting said slide bars, rocker plates conru-ictcd with said slide bars to mo vc the san-ie on said levers, said rocker plates being mounted on. said cradle, a pinaml-slot connection. between said rocker plates and. paid trip bar for actuating said yoke, and springs norm ally holding said trip bar in a forwardly disposed position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MOSES BOGUSI-IEFSKY. Witnesses MAX KovnNsKY, JAooB SHANKMAN. 

